Health Check - Page 26
Feeding Mothers, Fighting Malnutrition: The East Godavari Experience
Ushasri with her three-month-old son and anganwadi worker T Vijaya. Ushashri’s first son was 2.5 kg at birth, while her...
How Odisha’s Poorest Districts Are Benefiting From Social Audits
Mumbai: Social auditing has helped improve the reach and quality of welfare measures meant for the poor in six of...
More Indian Girls, Women Are Overweight Or Obese, Most Of Them Rich & Urban
New Delhi: Although malnourishment among women and children is widespread in India, increasing numbers of girls and...
HIV Rates Are Down. There’s Little Else Going For India’s Sex Workers
New Delhi: The proportion of Indian sex workers with HIV/AIDS declined over four years to 2017, more use condoms than...
Minister Says Universal Healthcare Is Priority, But Health System Is Under-Staffed
New Delhi: While the Indian government has promised improved and universal healthcare, a new study has pointed out that...
Why India Is Struggling To Tackle Its Lung Disease Crisis
Mangal Lal, 70, a farmer from Achalpura village, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan suffers from COPD. Lal was a beedi smoker all...
Among Muzaffarpur’s Children, 2 In 5 Are Underweight, 1 In 2 Too Short For Age
Mumbai: As Muzaffarpur, Bihar, experiences its worst encephalitis outbreak in recent history, NITI Aayog’s dashboard on...
Tobacco Gives J&K Its Highest Tax Revenue, And A COPD Crisis
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), among the four Indian states with the highest prevalence of chronic obstructive...
